With Florida House committee assignments being announced late Friday afternoon, five Florida House members from Central Florida landed seats on the powerful House Appropriations Committee and
House Speaker Jos...

In election contests that were far from mysteries, voters returned Orlando Democratic state Reps. Carlos Guillermo Smith and Amy Mercado, and Orlando Republican state Rep. Rene Plasencia to office in eastern Or...

When the polls close at 7 p.m. — central time, that is — parties will already be underway for many of the candidates running for seats from the state House all the way up to the U.S. Senate.
For some, the fest...

Republican state Reps. Bob Cortes and Bobby Olszewski spent huge amounts on local television in the third week of October, fueling their broadcast campaigns that began last week to power their re-election bids ...